Electric-iron cord holder



W. G. AUFENAST ELECTRIC IRON CORD HOLDER Filed June 8, 1925 Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITE is rrs aster ELECTRIC-IRON CORD HOLDER.

Application filed June 8, 1925. Serial Nb. 35,601.

My invention relates to electric iron cord holder wherein it is desired to provide a aolder for the surplus cord of the iron to support the cord extending upward fromthe iron over to the socket and to provide hold ing means which is adapted to compensate readily as the iron is moved back and forth into difierent positions over the ironing board. 7 I

A feature of my invention resides in means adapted to provide a cord engaging member which extends normally in an upright position and which is hingedly supported in a manner so that it can swing downward from r the upright position. Suitable spring means is provided which holds the arm normally erect and which permits the arm to move llownward to compensate for the movement of the iron so that the electric cord connecting the iron is not in the way during the operation of the iron.

It is also a feature of my invention to provide a bracket which is removably held to a wall plate. The bracket is adapted to support the electric cord holding arm pivotally and carries the spring means which holds the cord arm in erect position normally, while the bracket is provided with a cord arm supporting member which is pivotally connected to the main bracket which is removably held as a unit from" the wall supporting plate.- This construction pro- Vides ,an electric cord holder which is adapted to compensate for the lengthening of the cord to permit the same to straighten out to the position desired and also permits the swinging of the cord supporting 'arm in a horizontal plane so that the electric cord is held in a most practical manner freely to move back and forth and to lengthen out while-the iron is being used.

With my electric iron cord holder I pro? vide a supporting means which is very desirable as it holds the cord of the iron up away from the same and this is quite an important feature as it prevents thecord from being entangled with the clothes that are being ironed and also prevents the cord from coming into contact with the hot iron which is very'detri-mental to the insulating material covering the iron cord. iron'cord holder is designed to hold the cord in the most convenient manner while the iron is being used. a I a V My cardholder and support is designed.

to operate equallywell with either an electrio cord or the gas pipe cord which is used for gas irons, so that the hose extending from the gas jet to the iron may be supa ported-to hold" the same up away from the lronlng board and the iron, and I have found that my holder provides a very practical means of supporting the gas hose to prevent injury to the same from the hot iron'and to hold the surplus hose up out of the way of the operator in using the iron,

yet freely movable into any desired p'o'si-- tion in operation.

These features together with other objects of my invention will be more fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings forming a part of my specification:

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of my electrical iron cord holder, a portion of which is broken away and illustrating the holder as it would appear in use, only a portion of the electrical cord being illustrated, v

Figure 2 is aside view of a' portion of my cord holder, a part of which 'is broken away and the pivoted cord arm supporting member being illustrated in .a' position turned to one side Figure .3 is a plan view of Figure .2, illus-" trating in dotted outline the pivotalposition of the bracket of .the supportin relation to the cord supporting member.

Figure l is a front view of the wall pla'te'.

Figure 5 is a top, edge view" of the wall plat Figurel6 is a front View of a. difierent form of wall plate, associated with an ele'ctrical, switch plate. i

Figure'T-is an u'pper'edge view of the plate illustrated in Figure 6. I In thedrawings Ihave' illustrated'my electric cord holder "A as it would appear in use, in Figure 1, adapted to support'the electric cord fB', only a portion of which is illustrated in the drawings;

T he holder A is formed with a bracket 10 which is formed from a single piece of sheet material and is-provided with a'horizontally extending upper lip 11 and a horizontally extending lower lip 12. Theflip's' 11 and 12 extend from the back portion'13 and approximately at righta ngles thereto sethat the hack 1 3 constitutes the portion of the bracket 10 which holds the lips-ll andia spaced a art; The back is'efa loo ' portion and provide. a recess between which the lower end of the back13 extends to hold the same firmly against side move ment when the tongue 14 is engaging back of the portion 21.0f the plate 16.

The plate 16 is provided with wall engaging flanges 18 extending longitudinally along the side of the same which are bent to be offset from the central body portion 19 of the plate so as to space the central portion 19 away from the wall when the flanges 18 are secured to the same. This provides a spacing to permit the free engagement of the tongue 14 back of the body portion 19 from which the portion 21. extends at the up per end of the plate 16. The flanges 18 are provided with openings 20 adapted to receive screws or other suitable means to attach the plate 16 to the wall.

Pivotally connected to the outwardly extending lips 11 and 12 I provide a member 22 which is pivoted at 23 to the lips 11 and 12 and which is provided with channel shaped body portion with. outwardly projecting longitudinally extending side flanges 24 which are adapted to strengthen the memher 22 and to provide a longitudinally extending recess of approximately channel shape to receive the electric cord supporting arm25.

The arm 25 is formed of a single piece of wire which is bent in a manner so that the ends of the same are adapted to extend through, the flanges 24 near the lower end of the flanges to pivotally connect the arm 25 at26 to the member 22. In attaching the arm 25 at the pivotal points 26 I provide a plate member27 which is adapted to space the ends'of the arm 25 apart to hold the same in pivotal connection with points 26 with the member 22. In assembling the arm 25 with the member 22 the plate member 27 is positioned near the top of the arm to per- .mitthe ends of the arm to be squeezed together sufliciently so that the ends are engagedin the openings in the flanges 24 to pivotally connect the same at26. When the the openings I slide the plate ends are in 27 down to the position illustrated in Flgure 1. The plate 27 is formed with longitudii nally extending side'edges 28 of a tubular nature so as to slide under frictional tension on thesides of the arm 25. When the against. the arms 25 to hold the plate in position. Should it be desired to remove the arm 25 from the member 22 this can be done by sliding the plate 27 towards the upper free end 25.

The member 22 is provided with a longitudinally extending opening 29 in the back of thesame through which the coil spring'30 extends.v One end of the coil spring 30 is sec ured to the downwardly depending tongue 31 which is formed integral with the upper end of the member 22 while the other end of the coil spring 30 is connected through i 1e openings 32 to the plate 27. The coilspring 30 is adapted to hold the arm 25 in erect position normally so that the lower pivoted end of the arm 25 will extend in the channel shaped recess of the member 22 as illustratedin Figure 3 of the drawings. The spring 30 is illustrated in Figure 1 partly extended so that the arm 25is eX- tending'out of the channel recess between the flanges 24 as it would appear in use p with the weight of the cord B held by upper free end of the arm.

The upper end of the arm 25' is bent to form a pair of oppositely extending loop re- 'cesses and 36 which are adapted to be of any suitable shape so as to receive the cord B to hold the same in engagement with the free end firmly against slipping under ordinary conditions in the loops. In fact the cord can be threaded back and forth through the Hill loops. It is obvious that the shape of the loops can be varied to engage a gas pipe hose for gas irons so as to readily support he hose as it is desired. or cord. can be threaded through the loops which is adapted to engage the gas pipe hose and support the same between the free ends of the gas hose or pipe.

The arm 25 engages the cord B between the ends at that portion which would ordinarily drag upon the floor'and be in the way of the housewife using the iron. The arm 25 is held in upright position by the coil spring 30 which is of any suitable tension to properly support the iron 25 and. by engaging with the cord B or with a gas pipe hose, not illustrated in the drawings,

the arm is held supported so that the surplus portion of the same will not drag on the 7 floor and will be free to move back and forth or rotate about the pivotal. connections 23 which permit the arm 25 to rotate about the bracket 10 which is firmly and rigidlysupported on the wall plate 16. 'This permits holder is practical, and I believe, from my personal experience, will fulfill a long felt want in household utilities in providing a very effective device for holding the electric cord.

lVhen the holder A is not desired for use it can be readily disengaged from the wall plate 16 by lifting upwardly on the same which disengages the tongue from the back of the portion 21 of the plate 16. The holder can then be laid aside until it is again wanted for use, however it is also practical to leave my holder directly attached to the wall, as the coil spring holds the arm practically erect out of theway, and when my holder is finished in a lacquer or plated finish it provides a holder of an attractive nature forming a part of the'wall fixtures associated with the plate for the electric iron or the gas jet as may be the case in the home where it is used.

A diflerentform of my wall bracket is illustrated in Figure 6 wherein the wall plate 40 is formed as an integral part with the plate portion 41 which forms the front plate of the electrical connection 42 for the cord of the electric iron. In the plate 41 is the ordinary glass closure 43 for the pilot light back of the plate 41 and switch buttons 44 which may be of any suitable construction. In furnishing my cord holders as standard equipment for electric fixtures it is quite desirable to make the plate 40 in tegral with the plate 41, as illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my cord holder together with the best embodiment thereof, and while I have illust-rated a particular formation of the same in the drawings, I desire to have it understood that this is only suggestive and that the invention can be carried out by other means, and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: 1. A cord holder including a bracket member, a wall plate adapted to detachably support said bracket member, an arm supporting member having a channel shaped body portion, means forpivotally connecting said arm supporting member to said bracket member, a cord holding arm pivotally connected to said arm supporting member and a spring connected to said arm and said arm supporting member to hold saidarm normally in an erect position.

2. An electric ironing cord supporting device including an arm having cord engaging means formed on one end, a member adapted to pivotally support the other end of said arm, side flanges formed on said member 7 adapted to support said arm, a plate member adapted to engage the pivotal ends of said arm in a manner to hold the samevspaced apart and into pivotal engagement with said arm supporting member, a coil spring adapted to engage said plate on one end and supported to said arm supporting member on the other end and bracket means adapted to pivotally support said arm supporting member in a manner to permit the same to swing in a horizontal plane whereby said cord supporting devicev is adapted tohol'd the slack part of the cord up out of the way in ironing.

3. A cord supporting device adapted to be associated with an electric iron and cord, a wall plate member, a bracket removably supported by said wall plate, a member pivotally supported to said bracket in a manner to swing in a horizontal plane, a cord supporting arm pivotally connected to said hori zontally moveable member and spring means connected with said arm and said horizontally moveable member adapted to hold the free end of said arm in upright positionto hold the slack of the ironing cord out of the way of the operator in using the iron.

WILLIAM G. AUFENAST. 

